This document discusses the gifts of the Holy Spirit that are given at Confirmation to help followers of Jesus. It lists and describes seven gifts: wisdom, understanding, right judgement, courage, knowledge, piety, and wonder and awe in God's presence. Each gift is explained in 1-2 sentences on how it helps Christians in their lives and faith. The overall message is that the Holy Spirit equips believers with spiritual gifts to serve God and others.

1. HOMEWORK
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▪ Think about how you can use the Gifts of
the Holy Spirit in your week ahead!!

3. . When Christ sends his Holy Spirit, it’s
because He’s got work to do: inside
each of us, and through us, for the sake
of the whole Church.
Therefore, many are the gifts of the
Holy Spirit.

4. Gifts of the Holy Spirit

5. Gifts of the Holy
Spirit
These Gifts of the Holy
Spirit are given as gifts to
help us in our lives right
now and to help us to live
as followers of Jesus in the
future

6. Wisdom
The first of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit gives
us the grace to see things as God sees them. At
Confirmation we receive the strength to be wise,
the sense that we put a proper value on people and
things. We are helped to see that people are more
important than their job or profession. We begin to
see the truth of the motto, “Love people, use
things”. Don’t love things and use people.

7. Understanding
This is the gift which helps us to know how people
are feeling deep down inside. If they come to us
when they are in trouble they know that we will not
misjudge. If they are different to us, they will be
sure we won’t laugh at them. The Holy Spirit will
help us understand what people cannot say,
especially when they are so troubled or so
confused that they cannot think clearly.

8. Right Judgement
This is the gift of the Holy Spirit which helps us to
decide which way to act in difficult situations. It
gives us the strength to see both sides of the
picture accurately when we are making major
decisions in our lives. Just as some people are
gifted with a high I.Q., Confirmation gives us a high
J.Q. (Judgement Quotient). One can be very
intelligent and still make silly mistakes.

9. Courage
Courage is not freedom from fear; it’s being afraid
but still carrying on. This gift gives us the strength
to do what is right even when we know that people
will oppose us. It helps us to speak the truth even
when our words are sure to make life unpleasant.
We need courage when we’re in danger of losing
our friends - or even our lives. We all need to be
brave at times.

10. Knowledge
Knowledge, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, is not just
knowing facts but knowing the meaning behind the
facts. This is the gift which helps us to discover
God’s will for us and which helps us to know more
and more about God Himself. It makes us aware
that God is kind and forgiving and gives us the
strength to be just like Him when people are
unkind to us or refuse to forgive us.

11. Piety (Reverance)
Piety helps us to understand what is holy
in this world of ours; not only in obviously
holy things and places like chalices and
churches, but holiness in people; and not
only in obviously holy people like Mother
Teresa of Calcutta, but in ordinary people
who try to live decent lives despite their
limitations, whether they are rich or poor,
young or old, black or white, educated or
ignorant, from the city or the country.

12. Wonder and Awe in
God’s Presence
(Fear of the Lord)
This final gift of the Holy Spirit helps us to see
God’s presence everywhere we look. When we
examine a little ladybird or a caterpillar, when we
see the sun set behind the mountains or drop into
the sea, when we take a close look at the nail of
our little finger, we should be able to say, “This is
unique, Lord. Thank you”.

13. Gifts of the Holy
Spirit